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Water prosecution

9 November 1991

An outbreak of the illness cryptosporidiosis in the Hull area of northern
England two years ago could result in the first ever prosecution of a British
water company for supplying water unfit for human consumption.

The government’s Drinking Water Inspectorate revealed earlier this year
that it was contemplating four prosecutions around the country. Now it seems
that the company most likely to go to court is Yorkshire Water Services,
whose supplies have been implicated in the Hull outbreak.